Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to mat
Participle: matted
Gerund: matting
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | mat |
| you | mat |
| he;she;it | mats |
| we | mat |
| you | mat |
| they | mat |
Perfect
| I | have matted |
| you | have matted |
| he;she;it | has matted |
| we | have matted |
| you | have matted |
| they | have matted |
Past
| I | matted |
| you | matted |
| he;she;it | matted |
| we | matted |
| you | matted |
| they | matted |
Pluperfect
| I | had matted |
| you | had matted |
| he;she;it | had matted |
| we | had matted |
| you | had matted |
| they | had matted |
Future
| I | will mat |
| you | will mat |
| he;she;it | will mat |
| we | will mat |
| you | will mat |
| they | will mat |
Future Perfect
| I | will have matted |
| you | will have matted |
| he;she;it | will have matted |
| we | will have matted |
| you | will have matted |
| they | will have matted |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | mat |
| you | mat |
| he;she;it | mat |
| we | mat |
| you | mat |
| they | mat |
Perfect
| I | have matted |
| you | have matted |
| he;she;it | have matted |
| we | have matted |
| you | have matted |
| they | have matted |
Imperfect
| I | matted |
| you | matted |
| he;she;it | matted |
| we | matted |
| you | matted |
| they | matted |
Pluperfect
| I | had matted |
| you | had matted |
| he;she;it | had matted |
| we | had matted |
| you | had matted |
| they | had matted |
Conditional
Present
| I | would mat |
| you | would mat |
| he;she;it | would mat |
| we | would mat |
| you | would mat |
| they | would mat |
Perfect
| I | would have matted |
| you | would have matted |
| he;she;it | would have matted |
| we | would have matted |
| you | would have matted |
| they | would have matted |
Imperative
| you | mat |
| we | Let's mat |
| you | mat |
Verbs conjugated like 'mat'
abet,
abhor,
abut,
acquit,
admit,
affrap,
allot,
alum,
amel,
amit,
anagram,
anvil,
apparel,
aret,
arret,
assot,
astun,
attrap,
augur,
avel, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'mat'
bat,
cat,
eat,
fat,
gat,
hat,
lat,
maa,
mab,
mad,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Old English meatte
3. Middle English matte
4. English mat
5. Inherited from Middle English matte (“mat”), from Old English meatte (“mat”), from Late Latin matta (“mat made of rushes”), from Punic or Phoenician (compare Hebrew מיטה \ מִטָּה (mitá, “bed, couch”)).
6. Cognate with German Matte (“mat”), Danish måtte (“mat”), Faroese and Icelandic motta (“rug, mat”), Norwegian matte (“mat, rug”), Swedish matta (“carpet, rug, mat”). See: Danish '
måtte', Icelandic '
motta', Swedish '
matta'.
Sample Sentences
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Be careful now to keep the Doors and Windows of your Conservatories well matted [1664, J[ohn] E[velyn], “Kalendarium Hortense: Or, The Gard’ners Almanac; […] ”, in Sylva, or A Discourse of Forest-trees and the Propagation of Timber in His Majesties Dominions. […], London: […] Jo[hn] Martyn, and Ja[mes] Allestry, printers to the Royal Society, […], →OCLC:]
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And o'er his eyebrows hung his matted hair. [1700, [John] Dryden, “Palamon and Arcite: Or, The Knight’s Tale. In Three Books.”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:]